Japan vs Malawi: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Japan
3.65 square meters
in 2023
Malawi
3.65 square meters
in 2023
Japan rank
94th
Malawi rank
93rd

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • Japan
  • Malawi
2468200520142023

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 3.65 square meters against 3.65 square meters in Japan, a difference of 0.001 square meters.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 94th and Malawi ranks 93rd of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Consumption-based deforestation per person
Unit
square meters
Source
Singh et al. (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
178 places, 3,320 data points, 2005–2023
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Estimated average deforestation for agricultural and forestry products, per person. This is adjusted for trade, so it reflects deforestation caused by consumption, not domestic production.